Maintenance fees coming due

Thales Avionics, Inc.

18 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Nov 19, 2026. Unpaid by May 19, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 9,037,178	Systems and Methods for Managing Wireless Links Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Jan 14, 2032 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Jan 14, 2032	High confidence
US 9,037,354	Controlling Vehicle Entertainment Systems Responsive to Sensed Passenger Gestures Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Jun 28, 2033 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Jun 28, 2033	High confidence
US 10,306,294	User Centric Adaptation of Vehicle Entertainment System User Interfaces Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Jun 26, 2035 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Jun 26, 2035	High confidence
US 10,313,982	Cooperative Realtime Management of Noise Interference in Ism Band Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 4, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 4, 2027 Term ends Aug 11, 2037 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Dec 4, 2026	Jun 4, 2027	Term ends Aug 11, 2037	High confidence
US 9,060,202	Controlling Display of Content on Networked Passenger Controllers and Video Display Units Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 16, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 16, 2027 Term ends Feb 21, 2032 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Dec 16, 2026	Jun 16, 2027	Term ends Feb 21, 2032	High confidence
US 10,362,347	In-Flight Entertainment Systems Controlling Bluetooth Broadcast Rates of Time Messages and Timing Offsets by Video Display Units to User Terminals Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 23, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 23, 2027 Term ends Jun 26, 2038 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Jan 23, 2027	Jul 23, 2027	Term ends Jun 26, 2038	High confidence
US 11,729,432	Inflight Entertainment System Using Video Object Recognition to Monitor Seat Areas and Generate Flight Crew Notifications Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Feb 15, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Aug 16, 2027 Term ends Nov 6, 2040 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Feb 15, 2027	Aug 16, 2027	Term ends Nov 6, 2040	High confidence
US 10,405,369	Slave Bluetooth Device Switching Between Active Bluetooth Connections with Different Master Bluetooth Devices Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Mar 3, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Sep 3, 2027 Term ends Jul 18, 2037 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Mar 3, 2027	Sep 3, 2027	Term ends Jul 18, 2037	High confidence
US 9,143,732	Aircraft Ife System Cooperating with a Personal Electronic Device (PED) Operating as a Commerce Device and Associated Methods Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Mar 22, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Sep 22, 2027 Ends no later than Dec 19, 2031 · Medium confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Mar 22, 2027	Sep 22, 2027	Ends no later than Dec 19, 2031	Medium confidence
US 11,801,940	Quick Release System for Ife Display Screens Thales Avionics, Inc. In force Fee due Apr 30, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Nov 1, 2027 Term ends Mar 23, 2042 · High confidence	Thales Avionics, Inc.	In force	Apr 30, 2027	Nov 1, 2027	Term ends Mar 23, 2042	High confidence
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